(c) It is true that the church builds asylums for the poor--but it is the church that is in a large degree responsible for the impoverished condition of the people. And the very money that builds the almshouse was begged from the poor, by the church. The church has nothing of itself to give except preaching. When the church builds an institution it first becomes a beggar. (d) The church builds insane asylums. And the church has filled them with her own people. There are more people made crazy and insane by religious excitements than by any other one thing. "What have Infidels given for education, charity, and science?" We will give the names of six noted Freethinkers, and could give more, but give these six to begin with: Stephen Girard, Robert Owen, James Lick, William Maclure, John Rodman, and Peter Brigham. These gentleman who were all Infidels, gave at least fifteen millions of dollars for education, science, and charity. The vast sum given by Stephen Girard for a secular education of orphan children has been stolen by Christians and put to another use. Orthodoxy and Liberalism Compared. 1. Orthodoxy has a creed, but Liberalism has none. A creed is something you do not understand, but it is nevertheless necessary for you to profess that you believe it--and the more unreasonable and impossible this something is the greater merit you have in saying you believe it. 2. Orthodoxy has a Bible. Liberalism accepts all bibles and books for what they are worth. 3. Orthodoxy has a savior--Liberalism seeks to make all men saviors. It should not be forgotten that the orthodox savior has failed after trying for eighteen centuries. He even fails to save his own professed people and to make them any better than other folks. 4. Orthodoxy has a prospective heaven. Liberalism takes no stock in harps and crowns in the sky country--and is not terrorized by smoke from the sulphur lake. 5. Orthodoxy insists that the most imperative duty is to believe, while Liberalism teaches that man should think, question, and investigate, and always be governed by reason. The one preaches "he that hath ears to hear, let him hear (us the preachers);" the other teaches that "he who has brains to think, let him think." 6. Orthodoxy commands you to obey. Liberalism inspires you to defy despotism and to love liberty. 7. Orthodoxy tells you that there is merit in believing. Liberalism shows you that there is no merit in belief. 8. Orthodoxy maintains that belief is subject to one's will. Liberalism proves that intelligent belief depends upon evidence, and that religious beliefs are inherited. 9. Orthodoxy hinges most of its teachings upon the traditions of the past, the mysteries of the present and the hopes of an imaginary future. Liberalism admits of no postponement. "One world at a time," and now is the time. 10. Orthodoxy is opposed to the teachings of science. See the lives of Galileo, Bruno, Copernicus.